Legato

Quick meaning: Legato is an adverb meaning (music) Smoothly, in a connected manner.

Meaning

(music) Smoothly, in a connected manner.

More Meanings

1. (music) A style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes.
2. (music) A passage that is played legato.

Example Sentences

Play this passage legato, not portato.

Legatos are indicated in both notations by a bow between respective notes.

A good pianist, however, will make his audience believe that he is as capable of performing a legato as is a singer or violinist.

At the end of the prelude of Caprice V, there is a chromatic ascending and descending scale of forty-eight notes to be played in one bow in legato.

Word Forms

• legatos

Synonyms for legato

Depending on context, synonyms include smooth.

Antonyms for legato

Common opposites include portato, staccato, disconnected.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include smooth, dependent, portato, adjoinedly, connectedly, seamlessly.

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